Contributions to Justice from Critical Sociology

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: SJES026 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC16 Sociological Theory (host committee)

Language: English

[Regular session]

There are legions of calls for justice. But what exactly is social justice from a sociological perspective? Sociologically, it cannot be a question of finding the best definition. Justice cannot be a principle a priori. Instead, the demand for justice must be reflected according to its place of origin in society and the structural change of justice in the transformation of society after the end of a solely national economic and social policy. What can sociology contribute to the debate on justice?

Session Organizers:
Frank WELZ, University of Innsbruck, Austria and Dr. Marta SOLER-GALLART, University of Barcelona, Spain
Chair:
Dr. Marta SOLER-GALLART, University of Barcelona, Spain
Oral Presentations
Is There Epistemic Justice in Imperfect World?
Ilkka ARMINEN, University of Helsinki, Finland
For a Non-Reductionist Sociology of Metaphysical Knowledge: On the Social Conditions of Possibility for Knowing Justice in the Secularocene
Abdurrahman NUR, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Contributions of the Theory of Communicative Acts to Social Justice
Mimar RAMIS-SALAS, University of Barcelona, Spain; Esther OLIVER, University of Barcelona, Spain
Justice: From Principles to Practice – and Back Again. a Historical-Epistemological Analysis
Frank WELZ, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Human Dignity: Conceptual, Normative and Political Tensions in the Contemporary Context.
Rommy MORALES OLIVARES, University of Barcelona, Spain; Pedro CÁRCAMO PETRIDIS, Spain; Andrea Catalina SILVA TAPIA, Germany
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